Toyota Reports Strong Second Quarter and First Half Sales, Revenues and Net Income

TORONTO, ON, Nov. 5, 2012 – Toyota announced strong first half fiscal year results today with sales increasing by nearly 1.4 million units, revenues up 36 percent and net income rising to $6.9 billion. The numbers represent a significant turnaround from a year ago when the company suffered production setbacks due to a major earthquake/tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011.

Key financial numbers from the first half (April 1, 2012 – September 30, 2012):

The positive first half results came on top of a strong second quarter for the automaker. Toyota reported second quarter revenues of 5.4 trillion yen (*$68.4 billion), up 18.2% in yen and operating income of 340 billion yen ($4.3 billion) vs. 75.4 million yen last year. Net income soared 220% to 257.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion).

 

“In all regions, vehicle sales increased significantly for both the first half and second quarter of this fiscal year because we suffered from the supply disruption due to the Great East Japan Earthquake in the same period last year,” said TMC Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi. “Despite the yen’s appreciation, operating income improved significantly due to the recovery of sales which dropped in the first half of last year and our company-wide profit improvement activities.”

 

Toyota also revised its forecast for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2013. The company lowered its expected consolidated vehicle sales by 50,000 units to 8.75 million due to uncertainty over the market environments in China and Europe. However, it boosted operating income by 50 billion yen to 1.050 trillion yen because of expected progress in its profit improvement activities.

 

Financial forecasts for the fiscal year have been revised as follows:

* All currency translations are approximate based on a 79-yen-to-the-dollar exchange rate *

 

For more information on the fiscal year results, please click here.